Before you decide to hire a personal injury attorney, make sure that the attorney is experienced in the particular area of law that you need help with and devotes most of his practice in that area of law.

Whether it’s family law, criminal law, personal injury law or bankruptcy law, each one of these areas of law has personal injury attorneys who specialize in that area of practice, and know the inn’s and out’s of that area of law.

When it comes to hiring a personal injury lawyer here are some questions that you should ask. Ask the personal injury attorney how long they’ve been doing personal injury work.

Is Board Certified by as a specialist in Civil Trials? Are they Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy? Ask them if they’re prepared to go to trial if that is what is necessary in your case.

Ask and make sure that they have the financial resources to spend the money to pay for the investigation and for the costs your case will need before they start. Find out if they are going to ask you to pay any of the costs up front.

Ask them if they’ll handle your case on a contingency fee basis so that they only get paid if they make a successful recovery for you. Ask them how many times they’ve gone to a jury trial with a case like yours. Have they ever lectured and taught other personal injury lawyers about personal injury law.

Have they they’ve written any books or articles regarding personal injury cases. Ask them about their knowledge regarding the medical issues in your type of case. And ask them if they just sign up clients, and then refer them away if they can’t get a quick settlement.

These are the types of questions that you need to know the answers to before you hire a personal injury lawyer. Don’t be afraid to ask the attorney questions.

There are many personal injury lawyers out there who claim to be personal injury lawyers when in fact, they may have very little or no experience in filing lawsuits and going all the way to trial. Many personal injury lawyers will advertise a lot, sign up cases and then just settle them.

And if they can’t settle your case, they refer it to another personal injury attorney to do the hard work. By hiring an experienced and qualified personal injury lawyer in the beginning, you will benefit yourself by speeding your case along.

And avoiding many common mistakes and pitfalls that are made every day by personal injury attorneys who do not focus their practice on personal injury matters. One thing to consider when hiring a personal injury lawyer is that almost all personal injury lawyers work on a Contingency Fee basis.

What this means is that the personal injury attorney is only paid if and when they make a recovery for you. Contingency fees are regulated. So if every personal injury attorney charges essentially the same fee, why not hire one who is an expert in personal injury.

Also, since the personal injury attorney fees are the same if you hire a personal injury lawyer on the first day after your injury, or if you wait and hire them weeks or months later, then, why not take advantage of the guidance

And advice of a board certified personal injury lawyer earlier in your case, to help you avoid making mistakes that can end up costing you money later. I hope you have found this information useful, and if you have any questions, please call me. Thank you for watching my video.